Improvement in combined music-stand and walking-cane



W. BRAND.

COMBINED MUSIC-STAND AND WALKING-CANE.

Pmea'nec. 19,1876.

THE GRAPHIC CD.N.Y

.l UNITED S'I'Acrnsf PATENT OFFICEe WILLIAM BRAND, on BURLINGTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENTIN COMBINED MUSlC-STAND AND WALKING-CANE.

Speoiiication forming part ofLetters'Patent No. 185,425, dated December 19, 1876; application filedv April 1, 1876.

' which- Figure l is a vertical transverse section of the music-stand with the parts inclosed withv in the main tube sections, and theV same in a Acondition for being used as a walking-cane.v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe music-stand in a condition for holding music sheets or books. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of thesalne, with the parts in the same position as Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front "iew of the clamping device as applied. Y

' My invention relates to an improvement in that class of walking-canes which are adapted for containing music-supporting racks, and for supporting such racks with music sheets or books outside of the cane while musicians are performing in gardens and other places.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

In the accompanying drawings I represent the cane composed of four parts, A, B, U, and D. The part A is a main tube open at both ends. The upper end of this tube has a V- shaped split in it, running longitudinally a short distance, as at a," and around this split portion a split band with screw-tapped clamping-jaws c c are fastened. Through the said clamping-jaws a screw, d, passes, and serves to contract and expand the diameter of the band and split end of the tube. In the upper portion of the tube A the shorter auxiliary tubular section B is inserted. This section is open at its lower end, and is of about the same diameter as the interior ofthe main section A. In the upper end of section B an externally screw-threaded solid plug, e, is fitted, so as to have its screw-thread project a short distance above the top of the tube B. On this plug an oblique-setting bracket or musicrack holder, f, is firmly fastened. On the screwthreaded portion of the plug e the head-section C of the cane is screwed, said head-section being formed of an enlarged rounded solid portion,g, and a tubular portion, g', which latand a similar, but longer, stem, h1, at its up'- per end. This plug enters the lower end of the main section A of the cane, and has a shoulder, h2, midway of its length, which prevents its passing too far into the tube A.

In order to make the cane described capable of standing like a tripod in the field or upon the floor, three legs, fl l l, are pivoted to the top of the ferrule-section D, and in order to open or spread these legs to form the support for the cane, and close them so that they may be inserted into the tube A along with the plug-ferrule D, brace-rods jjj are fastened by a pivotconnection to the respective legs, and these rods are by their other ends fastened by pivotal connections to a sliding sleeve, t, on the stem j of the plug. A spring-catch, k, on the stem 7' serves to hold the sleeve from moving when the legs are spread apart, as shown; and in order to make the cane useful for supporting musicwhile the musician is performing in the field or at any place a folding music rack, F, is provided, which is so constructed that it can be compacted and inserted into the main and auxiliary tubes A and B of the cane. This rack consists of a central longitudinal bar, l, two pivoted diagonally-crossed bars, m m, and a horizontallyjointed bar, n. The jointed bar a has a broad flange, u', for supporting the edge of the music book or sheet, and the pivot p of the hinge forming the joint, when folding, plays in a long slot,p, formed in the central longitudinal bar l. The diagonally-crossed bars are pivoted at the lower ends to the outer ends of the bar n, and midway of their length to the central bar l. The bars land m m form an inclined bed foi` supporting the broad surface of the book or sheet of music. On the back of the bar Z a pocket, o, is formed to receive the oblique bracket f when the cane is adjusted,

as showniu Figs. 2 and 3, for supporting the l music-rack.

The rackV Vconstrizl'cted as shown folds up inVt the compact manner represented, the bar 'nV tittiirgfsnngly between the upper jaws of the Y Y crossed bars m m,'and the lower ends ofvthese y bars closing upon one another, and Vopposite Vthe central bar'l. VWhen the rack is inserted into the tube-sections A and B,the larger por- Y tion. of it enters the tube-section'B, and the Y smallerportionentersthe tube-section A, and' occupies aV placeV between the legs i i oi theV tripod, as shown. After the rack and tripod are placed Within VcheV tubes, the head-section VC is screwed over the bracket f, and all is',V

concealed from View. Y Y

have Vthe cane of Incase it is desired to Y greater length to'suit different heglitsofrper-V sons, or tohold the music-rack at a greater altitude, the clamp-screw dis slackened, and the tubular section B raised inY the section A Vthe desiredV distance, and the screw again tight- Y ened'so as to cause the partsA and VB to bind 1 upon each other firmly; Y Y Y Y Having thus described my invention, whatl claim,and desire to secure by Letters 'Pat-VY ent,'is-V Y Y V- Y 1.V Thecombined extensible cane and musicf stand, consisting oi' the tubular sections AB, constructed and Vfastened together Vvso as tol Y telescope Vone Withintbe other, the; .folding and expansible tripod D adapted for forming Vthe ferrule tothe cane, and being stored away VinV the tube-section A, the foldn'g'and expanf sible music-supporting rack F, adaptedto beV Y 4stored within. the tube-sections A B, and hav- Y ing a pocket byV whichit can be hung upon a bracket, the plug e having an oblique bracket for supporting the music-rack, and the headL Y with the tubular portion to receive the brack et, all substantially as described.

2. :The tubular cane-sections A B, the see'- tion B being iinexpa'nsible,and. provided with. e a bracket, f,'for supporting a music-rack, and Y Y the two sections being united together by split- Y ting theupper Yend of section A, and provid, ing an -expansible'collar with clamping-jaws and screwV upon said split section, substan tially as described. i Y Y 3; The screws-plug e, with oblique bracket f, Vfitted within they sectiony B, in combination with the headG audits tubular portion g',

substantially as described. Y s

4;.` l'lheV Vfolding music-rack F, composed of the bars Vlm mn, the said respective bars foldf ing as described,rand the bar l havinga bracketi-pocket, in4 combination with'the portions A B, and the bracket` f on 'screw-plug; e, substan- :tially'as described, Y Y Y Y V5.1A combined music-stand and walkingcane having 'a tripod-base composed of hinged legs hinged rods. y, sliding sleeve t, spring Y Y k, and ferruleplug with guiding-stellig', sub- Y,

Vstantially as and for the 'purpose described. Y Y 146. A combined musicfstand and walkingcane, consisting of aihollow cane or tube sec tion A, having an adjustable ferrule-section or tripod-basel),'theadjustable auxiliary tubesection B, supporting la folding music-rack, F, Y t

and .the head-section C, substantially as described. Y Y n 7. The folding music-rack composed of the bars l m m n, the said respective bars lfolding, as and 1in "the mannerdescribed. 7;. Y

' WM. BRAND'.

Witnesses: i Y

MICHAEL AnalizarI C. F. GALL. 

